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(CNN)She had reservations about meeting her idol Roger Federer, but skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin says the Swiss tennis great was "better than I could have ever dreamed." American Shiffrin and 20-time grand slam champion Federer share a sponsor -- a pasta company -- and met for the first time last month. Follow @cnnsport Um...WHOA!! 🤩🙃👏🐐@rogerfederer @BarillaUS #pinchme pic.twitter.com/My76xDpIUV— Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) September 18, 2018 Two-time Olympic champion Shiffrin revealed she is often "disappointed" when public figures fail to live up to expectation in person but says Federer was "the complete opposite." She was so impressed she even suggested a new hashtag "#BeLikeRoger." "Maybe I got him on a good day, but he was kind, he was engaged with every single person that he spoke to," the 23-year-old skier told CNN's Alpine Edge. "He was happy and smiley and easy to talk to. He put the effort in to make it easy. It was … [Read more...] about Mikaela Shiffrin on idolizing Roger Federer and why she won’t be objectified